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<TITLE>Magic-7.3 Command Reference</TITLE>
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<H2>*tsearch</H2>
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Invoke an area search over box area
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<H3>Usage:</H3>
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      <B>*tsearch</B> <I>plane count</I> [<I>mask</I> [<B>mayo</B>|<B>new</B>]]<BR><BR>
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         where <I>plane</I> is a valid plane name in the current
	 technology, and <I>count</I> is the number of searches to
	 be performed.  <I>mask</I> is a layer list to restrict the
	 scope of the search, and the remaining optional arguments
	 implement different search algorithms.
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<H3>Summary:</H3>
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      The <B>*tsearch</B> command calls the internal hierarchical tile
      search routine a specified number of times over an area the size
      and shape specified by the box, each time over a different area in
      the edit cell.
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<H3>Implementation Notes:</H3>
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      <B>*tsearch</B> is implemented as a built-in "wizard" command in <B>magic</B>.
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<P><I>Last updated:</I> October, 2004<P>
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